by Beverley Rudland
by Steve Gocher
by Karl Hale
by David Wood
by Beverley Rudland
by Karl Hale
by Sara Hale
by Phil & Dee Acton
by Editor
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Chairman's Chat
A very warm welcome to the October
edition of the SAM Observer.
As well as the usual SAM business,
I've been busy over the last few weeks
with planning for the motorcycle
parking at the 25th Copdock Classic
Motorcycle Show. I've just got back
from painting the parking lines with
help from Trevor Read, Brian Ellis and
David Arbon measuring out the line
spacings.
Having started marking
continuous lane restriction lines I soon
realised that we'd run out of tins of
spray well before completing all of the
required lines, so switched to a hazard
warning line approach. This helped but after a quick recalculation realised we'd
still run out before completion, so changed to lane separator lines. Thankfully
this was sufficient to complete the 3 main parking areas which will help the
marshals to park the numerous visitors to the show quickly and efficiently.
A huge thank you to the promotions team, Dean Harris, Colin Will, Jean &
Sonnie Westley and everyone who helped with the motorcycle parking. Thanks
going to Andre Castle for the Risk Assessment and updated briefing, Ross
Mckinley for taking on the responsibility of Chief Parking Marshall, Brian Ellis
& Paul Jocelyn-Brown for acting as Team Supervisors and Berny & Christine
Dillon for bringing their camper van along to provide refreshments and bacon
rolls for all of the marshals.
We've all been cordially invited to NAM, our Norfolk
sister IAM group, on Monday 17th October to a talk by
Simon Weir, the Ride magazine Deputy Editor, about Road
Testing. NAM meet at:
Dunston Hall, Ipswich Road, Norwich NR14 8PQ
at 7:30 pm for an 8pm start.
Please contact Trevor Read if you'd like to attend and to
reserve your place for the evening.
Simon Weir
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I also accepted a short notice invite to join Mark
Murphy on his BBC Radio Suffolk Breakfast Show
on Friday 30th September. The discussion was
around the build up to the show, asking drivers to
take more care in watching out for motorcycles and
the recent fatalities. My condolences going to
anyone that has been injured and to the families of
those who have lost a loved one to an incident on
our roads. Here's a link to the programme and the
start of the discussion, which is available until the
end of October:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p047382b?t=1h7m
If you can't access the link above, perform an internet search for “Mark Murphy
30 September” and the link should appear. The discussion starts at 1 hour and 7
minutes.
Congratulations to everyone who received their Chiefs' Challenge mug for
successfully completing this years 'Same Name Game' challenge.
Congratulations also to the lucky winners of the prize draw. Jean Westley was
drawn from the hat to receive the second prize of a rather large jar of sweets.
First prize of £200 of Lings Honda / Suffolk Triumph gift vouchers was drawn
and went to Mike Roberts, who was more than a little surprised to have won. A
massive thank you to our Chief Observer, Karl Hale, Sara Hale for her Admin
Support and our former Chief Observers, Derek Barker and Rob Day for making
this year’s challenge possible. I thoroughly enjoyed taking part and look forward
to taking on next year’s challenge. If you did, please let our Chief know.
Thanks to Tony from Hagon Shocks for his talk at last month's group night.
Who would like to take up Tony's offer of a tour of the Hagon Shocks factory
combined with the opportunity to have a go riding a speedway bike? Please let
Trevor Read know if you're interested so we can gauge numbers and plan a
future outing.
Cheers

Steve
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IAM Test Passes
Congratulations to the members who have passed their
Advanced test this month.

Nick Braley
his Observer was
Andrew Phillips his Observers were
Geoff Scott

SAM Theory Evenings
As most of you know, on the Thursday evening, directly
after Group Nights, SAM holds its monthly Theory
Evening. Based on an ever revolving subject list of
important rider skills these nights are an informal evening
of facts and lively banter all aimed at improving your ride
based on the information in â&#x20AC;&#x153;How to be a better riderâ&#x20AC;?.
Each session covers one of the four main topic areas;
Overtaking
Cornering

Planning & Positioning
Gears & Acceleration

Mainly aimed at Associates going through the Skill for Life course, these
evenings are also a good way for full members to brush up on their theory and
add their experiences and questions to the session.
The great benefit of attending these sessions in the classroom means it saves time
on the road, covering theory and has the added advantage of an opportunity to
discuss any issues you may have generally on your Skill for Life Course.

Karl Hale,
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Pictures from Septemberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
Group night

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Karl presenting newly qualified Observer Graham Carey.

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A tempting way to tour
Devon and Cornwall
With family life presenting us with so many opportunities this year, David and I
have not managed to fit in as much motorcycling as we have in years gone by,
but the one touring holiday we have done this year has been of superb quality.
Over the years we have toured many parts of Europe and further afield in
Morocco and Norway. We have enjoyed numerous trips to Yorkshire and Wales
as well as a couple of glorious trips to Scotland, but we had never ventured to the
south west of England.
So, when our good friends, Mark and Skye, told us they had set up a motorcycle
touring business, based in Plymouth, David and I jumped at the chance to sample
a guided tour of some of Devon and Cornwall’s stunning destinations and less
travelled roads.
We booked ourselves a 3 day tour, which included 4 nights accommodation and
we had an absolutely brilliant time, so I thought I would share this little gem with
you and all the other members of SAM.
Mark, a past SAM member and now a member of the Plymouth IAM group and
his fellow tour guide Jeff, ex Devon and Cornwall Constabulary, both have a life
long passion for motorcycling and are keen to share their expert knowledge of
the area with other motorcyclists. So with this in mind they have set up Janner
Kernow Motorcycle Touring. If you take a look at their Website I’m pretty sure
you’ll be as inspired as David and I were:www.jannerkernowmotorcycletouring.com
Tours are tailored to individual groups and there are currently 9 routes to choose
from. To help their customers decide, Mark and Jeff have graded the routes to
indicate the degree of difficulty, from a gentle 2 to a challenging 5. Route
grading is based on the combination of their length, duration, road types and
terrain.

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As both David and I are equally as confident on long stretches of fast tarmac,
winding country roads or steep moorland tracks we left Mark to decide which
routes to take us on and we were certainly not disappointed.
Mark is an excellent guide and each day he shared a wealth of his local
knowledge with us. He ensured that we did not get detained at Dartmoor prison
nor savaged by the Beast of Bodmin Moor. We were enchanted by the
picturesque villages and blown away by the stunning Cornish coastline.
After a relaxed yet exhilarating day of riding it was good to go back to the
comfort and warm hospitality of The Tudor Guest House. Not only did this guest
house provide immaculate accommodation and excellently cooked breakfasts, the
proprietors, Paul and Leslie, welcomed us leaving our motorbikes in their garage
overnight. You couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ask for more!
I know that planning the routes can be part of the fun of planning a holiday but
our Janner Kernow tour has opened our eyes to the advantage of someone with
expert knowledge of an area planning and guiding a tour. We would certainly
have missed a number of stunning locations and amazing roads without Mark as
our guide. This was a totally stress free holiday as Mark ensures that absolutely
every detail is sorted for his customers.
Having experienced a taster of touring in Devon and Cornwall, David and I will
definitely be going back for more. But one thing is for sure and that is we will be
varying our
route south west
as the novelty of
riding slowly
past Stonehenge
on the A303 will
wear off quickly.
With kind
regards

Beverley
Rudland
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Suffolk Advanced
Motorcyclists
Chiefs’ Challenge 2016
Same Name Game
This year’s challenge seemed to have gone down well with the membership. I
admit it certainly was a challenge this year with you having to mix it up with our
neighbours in Essex and Norfolk but there were no apparent mishaps and all that
went out have been counted back in. In total 46 people signed up for the
challenge and 27 successfully completed it. All who completed it qualify for the
specially commissioned Chiefs’ Challenge Mug and those that attended
September’s group night were presented with them and their names put into a
prize draw.
The winner of the grand prize of £200 worth of ‘Lings Triumph’ gift vouchers
went to our very own webmaster Mike Roberts (I did hear him say that his first
purchase was a set of pink stick-on bunny ears for his helmet and with the rest of
the vouchers he was going to waste them on motorcycle related tat!)
Jean Westley was the winner of the Chief’s special prize, a large jar of traditional
sweets (toothbrush and paste not included).
I’d like to mention a special thanks to Dean Harris for being very considerate
when receiving his mug from me, he did brush his beard back so as not to tickle,
quite a gentle kisser! (Looks are obviously deceiving)
The conquerors of the challenge were;
Steve Gocher, Keith Pavlin, Steve Milbourne, Sonni Westley, Jean Westley,
Dean Harris, Steve Holman, Karen Payne, Roger Payne, Trevor Read, ‘Buster’
Bateman, Barry Bedell, David Wood, Nigel Hydes, Tony Argent, Mike Roberts,
Julian Harvey, Paul Spalding, Geoff Scott, Gary Wardman-Browne, Glyn Hill,
Vicky Smith, Derek Bailey, Andy Welham, Graham Parker, Rob Baker and Les
Smith.

Meet at Beacon Hill IP6 8LP in good time for 08:45 Briefing and subsequent
departure.
All riders must attend the Briefing.
Ride Co-ordinator is Vini Evans.
Join the A140, leaving to the right on the A1120 to Stonham Aspel.
Turn left onto Scotts Hill as the village is entered and follow to Debenham High
Street.
Turn left and keep on B1077 to Eye and make a right turn into Castle Street.
On reaching Stradbroke turn left onto B1118 towards Wingfield then turn right
onto Top Road to Fressingfield then turn left onto B1116 to Harleston.
At the T junction turn right then first left into Wilderness Lane.
On entering Starston take the second right after the bridge and keep on this road
until meeting the B1527 at Hempnall.
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Turn right, then left into The Street at the car sales forecourt, stay on this road
to Norwich.
Keep straight into Norwich, at mini roundabout take 2nd exit onto Long John Hill
then right onto A146 Ring road Martineau Lane.
Take 2nd exit at roundabout then right at lights into King Street/Koblenz Rd.
Turn right immediately past the football ground (donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t look at it!). Turn right
at Thorpe Road lights.
Turn left at lights into Harvey Lane and join the Ring Road A1042 Heartsease
Lane.
Turn right at Wroxham Road roundabout A1151 to Wroxham
Through Wroxham take first left at the double mini roundabout then first right
into Tunstead Road.
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Ride Co-ordinators and
Ride Leaders
Ride Leaders and Ride Coordinators are the full SAM members that
facilitate SAM social rides. In order to maintain and hopefully increase
the club social rides, the club needs sufficient numbers to allow our
much-loved breakfast, Summer Chip and Winter Saturday Jaunts to
continue. If you are interested in helping the club, and helping yourself
by becoming a Ride Co-ordinator and ride Leader, please contact Sara Hale
to find out more information about one or both of these roles.

Please check the SAM Calendar and SAM Forum on-line for last minute
changes/cancellations. On the Forum you will also find the routes as text, route
cards, and on Google Maps / Streetview, along with a photo of the destination, so
you can familiarise yourself with the route before the day.

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Saturday Jaunt
19th November
Coffee Shop at Barnplants Garden Centre
Stanway
CO3 8ND
Tel: 01206 211312
Meet in car park behind B&M Home Store at Copdock IP8 3TT in good time for
13:30 Briefing and subsequent departure.
All riders must attend Briefing.
Ride Co-ordinator Keith Pavlin.
Turn left out of Tescos to join the Ipswich bound A1214.
Turn left at the traffic lights at the Holiday Inn joining the A1071 to Boxford.
Turn left on the A134 to Assington.
Turn right into The Street to Bures High St.
Turn left joining Colchester Rd.
After 1 mile turn right into an unnamed road to Wakes Colne.
Turn left onto the A1124.
Turn right into Turkey Cock Lane.
Entrance to Garden Centre is almost a mile on the right hand side.

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Social Rides
Please note that it is you, the rider, who is deemed to be in control of the vehicle
at all times during an Observed Run and during all other Group activities and that
the Committee of Suffolk Advanced Motorcyclists cannot and do not accept any
liability whatsoever for any injury to person or damage to vehicle occurring in
the course of any rally or other event organised by the Group. Any member
attending such an event does so entirely at his or her own risk and must maintain
their own insurance to cover any said injury to person or damage to vehicle and
must be riding a road legal vehicle, having valid road tax, insurance and MOT
certificate (if applicable).
Participants on S.A.M social rides are advised of the Events Committeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
guidelines as follows:
You will be expected to provide a suitable means of carrying a map of the
route
If possible, have breakdown cover for your machine.
Be responsible for your own safety
Rides will commence promptly at the published departure time.
Have a FULL tank of fuel
No more than 5 in a group.

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CENTRAL AMERICA
We had an easy flight from Cartagena, via Bogota, to Panama City. However,
before we left Colombia we were quizzed about not having an onward flight out
of Panama. If you don't, you can be stopped from flying unless you book one.
Luckily we were ready for this and had
an invoice for the bike leaving Houston
for the UK at the end of our trip and also
a printed travel itinery. This did the trick.
We stayed in Panama City and visited
the Canal at Miraflores Locks. Its very
interesting seeing various massive ships
squeezing through very slowly. We liked
the small trains, called 'mules' that are
used to guide the ships through.
Additional locks have recently been built
nearby to increase the size of the boats
that can pass through.
Panama seems more like the USA, with
more money, expensive cars and also better driving. However, there is also a lot
of poverty outside the city and main towns. We have experienced courteous
drivers, a first since Argentina! The weather is very hot and humid and we are in
the rainy season so there are big thunderstorms in the afternoons. We have been
been caught a few times so will try to ride shorter distances to avoid them.
The following day we left early for Carti to collect the bike. Part of the journey
was over the Central Divide (mountains) along a very steep rollercoaster road
that we would ride back along later. The Stahlratte sailing schooner was already
off shore and sent a tender to bring us on board. We spent the morning on the
boat and also went for a swim. The bikes we ready and the boat moved as close
to a small pier as possible in the shallow water. Our bike was first to go and she
was lowered and swung out to the pier where, after much shouting, she was
pulled ashore. The rest followed with no problems. We had an amazing ride back
as the road rises and falls over the hills, no switch backs, just up and down - very
steep in places! The plan was to go straight to customs to book the bikes into
Panama but when we arrived, soaked to the skin after riding through a big
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thunderstorm, we found they had closed early! The next day was Sunday and
Monday was a government holiday so we were destined to stay in the city until
Tuesday! At least we could get the new chain and sprocket set fitted on Monday.
We had this flown in from the UK to our hostel because our front sprocket was
badly worn and knocking when riding.
Tuesday arrived, the paperwork went
smoothly and we were free again and
happy to be leaving the city. We
headed for El Valle in the hills, actually
in the crater of an extinct volcano. We
did a hike to the crater rim and then
heard about a couple who rescued some
Sloths. It was possible to visit so we
went along after they woke up - they
sleep for about 20 hours a day! We met
three, who were gorgeous.
We then rode to the Pacific coast to
spend a couple of nights on a surfing
beach before heading across the Central
Divide again to the Carribean and the
beautiful Bocas Del Toro islands. We
left the AT at the Bomberos
(firestation) on the mainland in the
dirty port town of Almirante and hopped onto a boat to the islands. On the way
we passed many houses with open toilets on stilts over the water - not a good
place for a swim! We headed out to the islands where we stayed for a few
relaxing days. We returned to Almirante and the AT, repacked the bike and
headed about 30 km to the small northern border town with Costa Rica. There
was no one in front of us but immigration and customs to leave Panama and enter
Costa Rica, including buying insurance, still took 2.5 hours!
Customs for the bike is always long winded. When we arrive we have to ask for a
TIP - temporary import permit. For this we need my passport, international
driving licence and the bikes V5. Copies are taken, including the immigration
stamp in my passport (so we can't prepare this beforehand) and are normally free.
In South America we have not had to pay any charges to enter or exit a country,
however, in Central America we have to pay to enter, exit and for copies. The
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TIP is a single page document that we keep and just hand in at customs to be
cancelled when we leave that country.
Over the border at Punta
Uva, we visited probably one
of the most beautiful
beaches we have been to. On
the way we saw a pair of
Great Green Macaws (very
rare) and some Howler
monkeys.We had heard
about a dog sanctuary in the
mountains near Volcan Poas
where we hoped to go on a
walk with about 700 of our
furry friends at the weekend!
So we left the coast where it
was very, very hot and humid and headed inland. The weather is crazy, one night
we slept in a sweat box where we could hardly breathe let alone sleep and the
next day we are riding through rain, soaked and cold in the mountains! In fact we
spend most of our time wet, either rain, sweat or swimming! The next day we
rode to the Territorio de Zaguates - Land of the Strays. Set in beautiful
countryside, this rescue centre cares for hundreds of stray dogs in varying
conditions. Some get adopted but the rest live the rest of their lives here. Every
weekend the public can visit and take a 3 hour walk with them all - complete
chaos and the dogs love it! We brought a sack of food as a donation - see them
on facebook.
Costa Rica was expensive for our budget so on to Nicaragua. We enjoyed a
scenic but wet ride to the border - arriving in waterproofs in the heat is not
recommended! We chose a quiet border north of the huge lake, Lago Nicaragua.
We had our temperatures taken (for Zika, Dengue etc), the AT fumigated (lower
part of wheels sprayed), fees paid and after about two and a half hours we were
free to go. We had entered another picturesque, friendly but very poor country.
On the other side of the lake we visited the colonial town of Granada and Volcan
Masaya, a smoking, active volcano. At dusk we rode up to the crater rim where
we were allowed to spend about 20 minutes looking at the sloshing, spitting lava
inside! We took a ferry to Isla Ometepe in Lago Nicaragua. It's an island made
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up of two volcanos, one of which
is active - Volcan Concepcion. Its
a beautiful volcano, of perfect
shape and smoking a bit too!
Riding here is fun, not much
traffic and the roads are generally
good but there are still plenty of
hazards - knackered vehicles,
unmarked
speed
humps,
untethered horses, pigs, goats and
oxen as well as the usual dogs. In
fact, for me (Phil) we had our first
real 'moment' of the trip when a
dog ambled across the road and I
thought we would hit it. I was
preparing to hit it square on but
luckily we didn't! Dogs are a big
hazard but you learn to read the
animals' behaviour. Sometimes
they chase us but at least they are
aware of us, unlike this other one
who was oblivious!
At a brief stop on the beach we felt our second and more scary earthquake of the
trip. It shook our room quite a bit for about 6 seconds. As we were by the sea we
were concerned about a tsunami but there was no siren (we hoped there was a
siren!). The next day we found out it was inland, quite close and quite big at 5.4
on the Richter Scale. It might sound crazy but feeling an earthquake was, for me,
something I wanted to experience as long as it didn't hurt anyone!
Nicaragua has been fun but we were now heading towards the border with
Honduras. We had two choices - a quick ride through Honduras and then into El
Salvador or more time riding through Honduras. Both options are dangerous but
after meeting two bikers going south we chose the latter option.

Phil & Dee Acton
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Editorial
O dear, Like the rest of you I don’t have
anything to say…. Only been out once this
month, A funural of a dear friend of the
family. Set out and the heavens openned. But
at least I could park without worrying.
Back to Autumn and clocks go back at the end
of the month. The sap in the deer is rising and
now have very little sense apart from finding
the Doe’s. I had one run across the road on my way back, jumped on the brakes
because where there is one normally there are a few more following, fortunately
there was only one..
Farmers will start pulling the beet soon, although on the farm where I have my
workshop the Sugar beet is looking a bit pathetic, so might be spared this for a
few more weeks.
The copdock show was a great success, Unfortunalty I couldn’t help out this
year, Family were visiting from Canada so went to Dunwich and had fish and
chips, then a little tottor along the beach to Walberswick.

Thank you
To all the members who have contributed to this month’s magazine. ☺
But….. what about the rest of you….

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Closing date for copy Friday after club night
If you’d like to help save the Group on the printing and postage costs of your
monthly ‘hard copy’ of the ‘SAM Observer’ by opting to receive an email
notification instead, then please give me your email details on Group Night or
send me an email.
I hope that you have been enjoying the reports that members who go on ride outs
have written, and as you can see, it doesn’t have to be a wordy passage, so feel
free to scribble a few words down, a few pictures and next month you will have
another great magazine to read
Don’t forget to take your cameras and a notebook to record your trip then you
can write a nice article about it for your favourite magazine. I have a word
template if anyone would like it, email me and I’ll send you a copy which has all
the formatting re-set on it. Please remember that we use Times New Roman as
the main font for the magazine at a size 16 so that when the printer converts the
A4 pages down to A5 the font looks like a 12. I like pictures to be separate to
your articles because I can make them bigger or small to fill the page

MEMBER INFORMATION
A lot of useful information about SAM and its activities is available on our
website. Below are some key links members will find useful.
CONTACTS
Contact details of SAM’s Committee & Observers, complete with photographs
so you can recognise everyone.
http://www.suffolk-advanced-motorcyclists.com/com
http://www.suffolk-advanced-motorcyclists.com/obs
CALENDAR
Our online calendar with relevant links which can also be linked to your
smartphone.
Contact: Mike Roberts
http://www.suffolk-advanced-motorcyclists.com/cal
OBSERVER ASSOCIATE CHARTER
What is expected of the Observer and Associate while preparing for the IAM
motorcycle test.
Contact: Karl Hale
http://www.suffolk-advanced-motorcyclists.com/chart
CARING SAM
Our customer service & complaints procedures.
Contact: Brian Ellis
http://www.suffolk-advanced-motorcyclists.com/care
DISCOUNT SCHEME
Proof of identity will be required to be shown. (e.g. Current IAM/SAM
membership cards). Save your membership fee, and more, by using these
retailers who give a discount to SAM members.
Contact: David Arbon
http://www.suffolk-advanced-motorcyclists.com/disc
ADVERTS
Got something to sell? Want to see what other members are selling? See our
online adverts section.
Contact: Mike Roberts
http://www.suffolk-advanced-motorcyclists.com/ads
SHOPS
T-shirts, sweatshirts, fleeces, hats, and more are available from SAM’s two
online shops.
Contact: Mike Roberts
http://www.suffolk-advanced-motorcyclists.com/shop
FORUM
All the latest news and discussion on all things SAM and motorcycle related.
Have a read, and then register to join in.
Contact: Mike Roberts
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Sunday 6th
Breakfast Run, Wroxham Barns NR12 8QU Meet at
Beacon Hill IP6 8LP in good time for 08:45 Briefing and subsequent departure.
All riders must attend the Briefing
Tuesday 15th
SAM Group Night. Announcements at 19:30 followed by
Guest Speaker. from sorrymate.com Bar and restaurant serving all types of
food/drinks including teas and coffees.
Thursday 17th
Theory Evening. Fynn Valley Golf Club. Come along and
learn more about Roadcraft. 19:30. This monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s topic: Gears & Acceleration
Saturday 19th
Saturday Jaunt, Coffee Shop at Barnplants Garden
Centre CO3 8ND Meet in car park behind B&M Home Store at Copdock IP8
3TT in good time for 13:30 Briefing and subsequent departure.

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December 2016
Sunday 4th

Breakfast Run, TBA

Wednesday 7th

SAM Committee meeting. Fynn Valley Golf Club.19:30

Tuesday 13th

Christmas Group Night Fynn Valley Golf Club 19:30

Saturday 17th

Saturday Jaunt,. TBA

Note from Editor
Please check the SAM Calendar & Forum for further details and for any changes
after going to press. Especially in winter months when the weather can be
unpredictable

Disclaimer
The articles published herein do not necessarily represent the views of the
Institute of Advanced Motorists or the Suffolk Advanced Motorcyclist Group.
They are the opinions of individual contributors and are published with a view
that free expression promotes discussion and interests.